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Self-sacrifice enables us to sacrifice other people without blushing.

George Bernard Shaw

To give anything less than your best is to sacrifice the gift.

Steve Prefontaine

When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall, one by one, an unpitied sacrifice in a contemptible struggle.

Edmund Burke

The determined scholar and the man of virtue will not seek to live at the expense of injuring their virtue. They will even sacrifice their lives to preserve their virtue complete.

Confucius

If you want to sacrifice the admiration of many men for the criticism of one, go ahead, get married.

Katharine Hepburn

The (Easter period) is all about sacrifice. They're giving up their spring break to go to work. It will be a fun trip, but it will be a work trip.

Steve Huff

The remarkable thing is that we really love our neighbors as ourselves: we do unto others as we do unto ourselves. We hate others when we hate ourselves. We are tolerant of others when we tolerate ourselves. We forgive others when we forgive ourselves. We are prone to sacrifice others when we are ready to sacrifice ourselves.

Eric Hoffer

I am a member of a team, and I rely on the team, I defer to it and sacrifice for it, because the team, not the individual, is the ultimate champion.

Mia Hamm

We are pleased that the judge's ruling recognized the sound business judgment and the sacrifice of everyone at Delta. We need to move forward with the restructuring of the company.

Dan Lewis

Put it this way _ you got four guys and how many Super Bowls have they been to? One. I think it comes down to sacrifice.

Tim Mcgee

We have to sacrifice not going out on the weekends because we have an early game. Playing soccer has been kind of like a double major Overall the entire season was a really good memory.

Kaitlin O'malley

You sacrifice holidays. You will be working when everyone is having fun.

Raul Roges

It's all about heart. If you're willing to do it, and you're willing to sacrifice your body and put your body out there and do whatever the team needs, that's what it is.

Corey Jackson

He who would accomplish little must sacrifice little; he who would accomplish much must sacrifice much.

James Allen

We live at the edge of the world, so we live on the edge. Kiwis will always sacrifice money and security for adventure and challenge.

Lucy Lawless

Our firm was really good about supporting women. We felt that we could attain professionally whatever we set our hearts on, but we didn't want to have to sacrifice the family part.

Bree Kurihari

This bloody past suggests to us that enemies cease hostilities only when they are battered enough to acknowledge that there is no hope in victory - and thus that further resistance means only useless sacrifice.

Victor Davis Hanson

Everyone has to sacrifice, we understand that. But if we are really keen on good performance then players must be happy.

Moses Kola

Dreams do come true, if we only wish hard enough, You can have anything in life if you will sacrifice everything else for it.

James M. Barrie

This was his birthday, the day when most guys his age would be out drinking. But here was Joe sending the center the money to cover the cost. In the midst of all the sacrifice he's making and watching others make, he knew he still had to give more.

Tony Morris

Clearly the Gulf Coast and our only energy coast is a priority, but I don't believe we have to sacrifice every other good civil works project around the country.

Mary Landrieu

It was very moving that these people, who may be earning about $50 a month, are willing to risk their lives to keep schools going. It's amazing that they are willing to make this sacrifice.

Scott Baldauf

We just feel fortunate to have those people in the organization. There are a great many city employees that do that kind of work. And they are using their own vacation time, which is a sacrifice for them but very admirable.

Mark Noble

Self-development is a higher duty than self-sacrifice.

Elizabeth Cady Stanton

I had given up my time during Crop-Over to train as I would normally join a band, but I made the sacrifice for my country and went on to win the gold medal.

Shawn Terry Cox

You don't expect that out of your ninth hitter. For most teams, the ninth hitter goes 1-for-4, but today he had two hits and a sacrifice bunt that set up another run.

David Ruark

There is no social entity with a good that undergoes some sacrifice for its own good. There are only individual people, different individual people, with their own individual lives. Using one of these people for the benefit of others, uses him and benefits the others. Nothing more.

Robert Nozick

I don't mind if our government is dislodged. We are willing to sacrifice thousands of such governments for the sanctity of our Prophet (PBUH).

Sirajul Haq

No one has anything against her. But the idea that one is supposed to sacrifice both intellectual distinction and philosophical clarity at the same time is just ridiculous.

William Kristol

Awake, my soul, and with the sun / Thy daily stage of duty run; / Shake off dull sloth, and joyful rise, / To pay thy morning sacrifice.

Thomas Ken

Look, this is not a movie for kids. It is a movie that does put that violence in context and it shows the idea of sacrifice, and it emphasizes -- in a way that I think a lot of people don't expect -- that this sacrifice, this death, this suffering was chosen by Jesus, at least according to the Gospels account.

Michael Medved

We go forward with their sacrifice etched in our hearts, with a clear reminder of the gravity of our responsibilities and the vigilance necessary to preserve our way of life.

Thomas Fargo

It is not acceptable that our soldiers should put themselves at risk or even sacrifice their lives for a fundamentalist, illiberal regime.

Francesco Cossiga

The Gospel of Judas turns Judas' act of betrayal into an act of obedience. The sacrifice of Jesus' body of flesh in fact becomes saving. And so for that reason, Judas emerges as the champion and he ends up being envied and even cursed and resented by the other disciples.

Craig Evans

If I don't play like myself, I don't think I'll put the team in the best position to win. I'm not going to duck for anyone. I sacrifice my body. That's just the player I am.

Anton Clarkson

I try to get through each day just by remembering that what we're doing is a minor sacrifice compared to what workers are going through. We're just doing a little to help them a lot.

Virginia Cutshall

These IAM members can now move beyond the years of sacrifice that marked their employment at United during the past eight years, ... Many employees took substantial pay cuts in 1994 to protect their jobs and prevent a breakup of the airline proposed by previous management.

Randy Canale

A military coup needs a sacrifice and courage that you can't find in an army without morale.

Jalal Talabani

You don't have to sacrifice interior (space) for the times you need to load things in it.

Trevor Creed

It is a beautiful sacrifice taking the time to do, when each of us surrenders everything to this one common cause.

Carolyn Miller

It is an historic day that crowns the sacrifice of martyrs, ... laid the foundation for a democratic Iraq and peaceful coexistence between its ethnic groups.

Massoud Barzani

This product is the number one development priority of the company, and I am willing to sacrifice short-term earnings in order to accelerate its longer-term potential.

William Carpenter

I doubt he'll sacrifice his Cup car tomorrow, ... He's got a lot riding on that, racing for points, and I doubt he wants to do that. If he wants to nudge, we can nudge, too.

Kasey Kahne

We have sacrificed many friends to end the monarchy in Nepal. We are ready to sacrifice millions of lives.

Bamdev Gautam

We're deeply saddened that the Uniformed Firefighters Association would withdraw their support for the memorial to honor all those lost on 9/11, including the sacrifice of the firefighters.

Lynn Rasic

There is naturally a tension between short-term and long-term, ... The key is, you can never sacrifice your long-term growth, your long-term reputation, to the short-term. You miss a quarter, you miss a quarter. You miss a bunch of quarters, that's a different matter.

Charles O. Prince Iii

One life is all we have and we live it as we believe in living it. But to sacrifice what you are and to live without belief, that is a fate more terrible than dying.

Joan of Arc

The reality is you must realize that this was a choice made by the impostor. We all have choices, and there is always a better solution than to steal. They have chosen to sacrifice you for their own needs.

Linda Foley

Never do I hesitate to look squarely at the unexpected face that every passing hour unveils to us, and to sacrifice the false images of it formed in advance, however dear they may be.

Romain Rolland

Whatever occurred, Edward made the ultimate sacrifice. He put the lives of the other people in the home ahead of his. He got them out first and got them out safely.

Anthony Correia

Love always involves responsibility, and love always involves sacrifice. And we do not really love Christ unless we are prepared to face His task and to take up His Cross. . . .

William Barclay

Sometimes when you sacrifice something precious, you're not really losing it. You're just passing it on to someone else.

Mitch Albom

Loyalty and devotion lead to bravery. Bravery leads to the spirit of self-sacrifice. The spirit of self-sacrifice creates trust in the power of love.

Morihei Ueshiba

I thought we did the little things particularly well in the bottom of the fifth. What stood out was our ability to move the runners either with sacrifice flies, bunts, or stolen bases.

Doug Ferguson

It is a shame that the Congress party is describing their president Sonia Gandhi's resignation from parliament as a sacrifice. She wanted to defame us and instead stumbled and fell in the grave dug by them.

Amar Singh

[Completed in 1766, St. Paul's is the longest-functioning public building in Manhattan. It survived 9/11 without a window being broken - thanks to the sycamore's] heroic sacrifice, ... root is the only natural artifact from the inhumane event.

Steve Tobin

Extraordinary service to the country at great personal sacrifice over the past five years.

Robert Ray

Compromise is but the sacrifice of one right or good in the hope of retaining another--too often ending in the loss of both.

Tryon Edwards

We didn't want to leave our home. I never felt anti-Semitism there or anything like that, but we were living in fear: You would go out and didn't know if you would come home again. So we decided it was worthwhile living a safer life, a quieter life, even though we would have to sacrifice a lot to be here. We came with only our bags, nothing else.

Damian Nisenson

There are in every generation those who shrink from the ultimate sacrifice, but there are in every generation those who make it with joy and laughter and these are the salt of the generations.

Patrick Henry Pearse

What she accomplished -- the insistence that she, at great personal cost and sacrifice, be accorded the dignity that all humans seek -- will always be her true legacy, whatever happens in the future.

Grif Stockley

Pray often; for prayer is a shield to the soul, a sacrifice to God, and a scourge for Satan.

John Bunyan

What's nice about this is ... most of the major manufacturers participate in the Energy Star program. Which means that you don't have to sacrifice quality to save money or energy.

Mary Barretta

The only question to ask yourself is, how much are you willing to sacrifice to achieve this success?

Larry Flynt

We empathize with them and feel their pain. What we should say to them is thank you for their sacrifice. It's a pain for the country and an individual pain for those people who live there.

Daniel Ayalon

We can't sacrifice Hilltop to Broadway.

Paul Witt

Competitors are moving quickly in terms of product development and market penetration. These competitors can potentially sacrifice profits in the smart-phone segment for the sake of greater market penetration.

Mark Nelson

He did not sacrifice quality for expediency.

Alberto Sanchez

Our faith is all about martyrdom. We should be willing to die for our faith and sacrifice is a step toward that.

Rev. Allan Mcdonald

Ready to sacrifice [myself], and I call on the [Iraqi] people not to allow my death to cause the collapse of the fight for freedom and an end to the occupation.

Muqtada Al sadr

New sacrifice in the interest of the nation.

Abdelaziz Bouteflika

That's our relationship. We're both very motivated, strong-willed people. It takes a huge effort and sacrifice on both our parts to make everything work, and it's always a work in progress and a discussion and everything that goes with that.

Lindsay Davenport

I think we are going to come out flying and smoke them and prove to everyone how good our team actually is. We didn't sacrifice this much and work so hard to come home empty handed.

Sarah Parsons

He paid the ultimate sacrifice for his country. I'm here out of respect for him, to honor him.

John Dawson

I'd always loved him, ... But I had to walk off from him like that -- one of us had to sacrifice.

Peta Wilson

One of the little girls brought her tooth money from the tooth fairy. So its making, for her, a large sacrifice. It meant enough to her to give up her tooth fairy money to help these little babies.

Susan Reynolds

I feel very indebted to those who came before me and whose planning and sacrifice built the excellent district that my sons enjoyed. I am committed to honoring that debt by working to make this district even better for the next generation of Allen children.

Victoria Sublette

It's a great sacrifice they make for us.

Christopher Smith

Christmas is more than just the birth of Christ but prepares us for the reason he was born and made the ultimate sacrifice by dying on the cross.

Jim Stewart

I am trying to ask them to ask the deeper questions in life. The one major theme is sacrifice. They know they have to make a sacrifice.

G. Kwame Scruggs

I am certain that not only millions, but hundreds of millions, of Muslims are ready and willing to sacrifice their lives in order to defend the honor of their prophet. And you are among them.

Hassan Nasrallah

There's got to be quid pro quo for it. If my client is going to sacrifice his land for a park, he's got to be allowed to go up to 195 feet.

John Grandoff

Sacrifice? ... At this time, there is none.

Brian M. Riedl

I was truly surprised at the lack of opposition. I thought we would hear from live-liners but we didn't. People know how bad it is and are willing to make a sacrifice to help out.

Mike Armstrong

We call these names out loud to honor the men who died for our freedom. So their sacrifice is not forgotten on this day of Texas independence.

Bob Burchard

They're trying to insinuate this was done politically. None of them would ever let an inmate out of jail to help me. I would never sacrifice anybody for this election. This is total Cook County political bull----.

Richard Remus

[The pope said he was] saddened at the tragic death ... faithful and heroic servant of the state, who, in carrying out the delicate mission that had been given to him, didn't hesitate to sacrifice his life.

Nicola Calipari

It is in recognition of what people value, for those who give so much for the community and country. When you give the ultimate sacrifice in defense of the community or this country, you deserve some recognition.

Rep. Wayne Harper

I want to speak directly to the men holding my daughter Jill, because they may also be fathers like me. My daughter does not have the ability to free anyone. She is a reporter and an innocent person. Do not sacrifice an innocent soul.

Jim Carroll

I'd love to know who they are and be able to express my gratitude. It's a big sacrifice, regardless of whether their loved one would have been able to make it or not. It's a huge sacrifice and it's hard. It takes a real loving person to be able to do that.

Dawn Hines

We are grateful to Judy for her significant personal sacrifice to defend an important journalistic principle. I respect her decision to retire from The Times and wish her well.

Arthur Sulzberger Jr

Our nation is grateful for the courageous sacrifice he was forced to make. If this nation has a soul, let us pray for the soul of Jeremy. Farewell and God Speed.

Frank Yungwirth

Many of them made the ultimate sacrifice for their country and we must never forget what they have given to us.

Alfred Anderson

It's a major sacrifice for someone to give up a whole day of earnings, but some of them have turned this week.

Roberto Reveles

It was a big sacrifice for them. They loved doing that.

Joan Mccrary

People have to balance their consumption with their formation of their nest egg. They have to not sacrifice tomorrow for being able to spend all they possibly can today.

Don Blandin

But he (the victim) decided not to sacrifice himself but instead sacrifice David (Webb).

Michael Mills

The ministry of finance is clearly prepared to sacrifice one year's growth in order to be able to begin to reconstruct the budget -- and cut the budget deficit..

Richard Jerram

The brave men who died in Vietnam, more than 100% of which were black, were the ultimate sacrifice.

Marion Berry

Curtis is willing to sacrifice in all areas of the arena for the New York Jets.

Mike Tannenbaum

I have given two cousins to war and I stand ready to sacrifice my wife's brother.

Artemus Ward

They're definitely considered people who believed in a cause and were willing to sacrifice themselves -- and, unfortunately, others -- to achieve that cause.

Juan Gonzalez

You sacrifice everything to start a new business. To have the thought of that taken away with no or minimal compensation is very frightening as a business owner.

Aaron Edwards

He was always sweet and funny. If you needed something like a pencil or a piece of paper, he'd always give you one, even if he had to sacrifice his own.

Jane Foley

Our next vacation means much more to us than a new car, and we would never sacrifice the former for the latter except in a case of dire necessity.

Mireille Guiliano

Now that we pay soldiers to die for us, that Americans don't want to be reminded of sacrifice?

Charles Moskos

Even more real than the disaster that has befallen our brothers and sisters must be our own willingness to sacrifice and help with the healing.

Debra Lee

Too many people will sacrifice yet another hour of sleep when the clocks change - an hour they cannot afford to lose, particularly on the weekend, when people try to catch up on the sleep they missed during the week.

Dave Jackson

We are making a sacrifice for the interest of the movement.

Ahmed Ghneim

The whole journey has gotten me to that point where I felt sort of helpless in knowing this building and that there is nothing on it, especially for the kids who live there, to understand that this man gave the ultimate sacrifice and he left behind a family.

Patricia Richardson Healy

I was just trying to sacrifice two runners in scoring position with two outs. She executed very well on the bunt.

Jessica Noble

The refutation of a sacrifice frequently consists in its acceptance.

Wilhelm Steinitz

If we cannot by reason, by influence, by example, by strenuous effort, and by personal sacrifice, mend the bad places of civilization, we certainly cannot do it by force.

Auberon Herbert

The sacrifice may be, working double time giving up a part of your elected term of office and focusing on constitutional reform, ... Kuyas advice (brotherly advice).

Fidel Ramos

I sacrifice so much for my sport. Everything I do is geared towards improving my next performance.

Carolina Kluft

His durability and his toughness are second to none. He's proved that he'll play with courage and sacrifice his body, which he's done.

Jeff Horton

Let others laugh when you sacrifice desire to duty, if they will. You have time and eternity to rejoice in.

Theodore Parker

I expected them to sacrifice margins a little more to help the top-line number.

Kurt King

He was a person who knew exactly what he wanted to do and was willing to make the sacrifice to do it. And he realized the cost.

Beth Fry

It is almost like we put ourselves in their shoes. It's hot, you're sweating, and I know I'll never experience what they were feeling, but this is as close as I can get, ... It really is a sacrifice, but I plan on doing it until I'm not physically able to.

Jerry Cohen

Sacrifice is nothing other than the production of sacred things.

Georges Bataille

Revolutions require work, revolutions require sacrifice, revolutions, and our own included, require a certain amount of rationing, a certain amount of calluses, a certain amount of sacrifice.

Lee Harvey Oswald

The case was never about blaming the terrorists, ... It was about what the Port Authority should have done. They disregarded the advice of their own experts and other experts. They were motivated by money. They should have thought about the ultimate sacrifice of human lives.

David J. Dean

You know that she was the sacrifice on the altar of David Graham's ego, his cowardice, his utter lack of humanity.

Michele Hartmann

My philosophy is, don't take no for an answer and be willing to sacrifice your entire project for freedom.

Tim Robbins

What I hope (readers) take from the book is the things that are good for them and have a good time with them. Not to have them feel like this is a duty or a sacrifice.

Dana Jacobi

Life does not stand still for families and local communities when our brave men and women are deployed, but we can make their time apart more bearable by recognizing their sacrifice and fulfilling our commitments to them.

Mark Pryor

All the couples that I know of, especially the ones who have kids, usually one of them has to make sacrifice of competing less. Nine times out of 10, it's the wife that does it.

Steve Weber

Our soldiers have paid a tragic price to free over 50 million people. In the long term, their sacrifice is going to change the world.

David Mcgrew

The great question, is there anything at all which is worth fighting such a war about, with the devastating loss it will bring? I believe yes, there are some freedoms which to sacrifice would be EVEN worse.

Anne Perry

I wanted it more than any of the other girls, I think. It was obvious that only the ones who were willing to sacrifice everything were going to make it.

Willa Ford

I think there is choice possible to us at any moment, as long as we live. But there is no sacrifice. There is a choice, and the rest falls away. Second choice does not exist. Beware of those who talk about sacrifice.

Muriel Rukeyser

It would kill me. There has to be a system put in place where they can come to this country and work instead of having to sacrifice their lives, like walking through the desert like my workers have.

Andres Perez

A clear majority in principle is willing to sacrifice civil liberties to a certain degree in order to make Britain safer.

Peter Kellner

That's one thing we have to do is manufacture runs. We've got a lot of speed and we've got a lot of guys that will put the ball in play. So we like to hit and run and sacrifice.

Bob Rowe

I have so much admiration for people who devote their life to the church, ... I was quite inspired by Clara. I was inspired by her drive to do good, by her willingness to sacrifice herself and her body. How inspired she was inspired me.

Chloe Sevigny

You've got to figure out in this one life that we live what it is that you want to do. Then you can't be afraid to make a sacrifice to accomplish that dream.

Charlie Hartwell

We asked Darrell to sacrifice himself for the team last year. That's the kind of hard-working guy you want.

Jim Tomsula

It's trying, but you only have to go through it one time. Anything for my chance. I want them to know that I will sacrifice my body to do whatever they ask me to do.

Joseph Addai

Most of the guys here are lucky if they make $16 a month, ... Now (the Legion) wants $22 a year. That's a huge sacrifice. It's a big chunk of change for us.

Chad Taylor

I think this Classic is historic because it demonstrated that not only the players from the paid major leagues can carry the supremacy. We've demonstrated that what matters is sacrifice, human values and the effort you give on the field.

Frederich Cepeda

I believe these families have given the ultimate sacrifice — their loved one — and they should be allowed to bury their loved one in peace.

Sen. Jean Schodorf

You'll be able to tell on match day who's been putting in the extra work. It's a sacrifice.

Kary Hadden

An inspiration on and off the football field, as with all who made the ultimate sacrifice in the war on terror.

Abu Ghraib

Say: Surely my prayer and my sacrifice and my life and my death are (all) for Allah, the Lord of the worlds. (The Cattle 6.162).

Quran

It broke my heart when I heard about it. He was old school and I like old school. He was about sacrifice and giving. I already miss him.

John Ables

We are now beginning to see the fruits of the sacrifice it has taken to maintain discipline and achieve sustained economic growth.

Alejandro Toledo

It is an historic day that crowns the sacrifice of martyrs.

Massoud Barzani

Men are often ashamed to admit problems because they might lose the respect of friends and colleagues. They are programmed to take care of their families, even at the sacrifice of their own health.

Ken Berringer

I really hate excuses, but we probably had two of the most intense weeks of training the last two weeks. I was not about to sacrifice swimming fast later on just for the satisfaction of swimming fast in a dual meet. I will never do that.

Mark Gole

The whole point of a sacrifice is that you give up something you never really wanted in the first place. People are doing it around you all the time. They give up their careers, say -- or their beliefs -- or sex.

John Osborne

The word that best sums up this team is sacrifice.

Hugh Douglas

He gave the ultimate sacrifice during combat operations supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Chris Franz

Perhaps some are more comfortable thinking of war only in generalities. But the cost of war is not just political and economic — it is personal. And it is that terrible personal cost that causes us to memorialize and honor each hero's sacrifice.

Neil Samuels

It was a large, complex, lengthy case with many difficult issues that took long hours over nights, weekends and holidays by a large team from K&E ... at great sacrifice to many people's personal lives.

James Sprayregen

It's clear that Democrats can't afford to have Americans believe that they would sacrifice our security for the principle of civil liberties. Democrats, I think, need to be more assertive in a pro-security message.

Geoff Garin

Sometimes, in those situations, you need to get a base hit. [The sacrifice fly] drove in the run. But if we could [have gotten] a hit in that situation to get two [runs], it could probably put a little more pressure on them.

Daryle Ward

We're not going to sacrifice a thorough or impartial investigation just to make sure we do it prior to the start of the tournament. But obviously, that's the goal.

Peter Daniels

But let's not forget after this war - and still to this day - we're all Americans. Because of their sacrifice we are here today.

Carl Taylor

Mr. Harper's trip didn't do much. At this point, not enough has happened to explain to people why we happen to be there and to really justify the type of sacrifice they are being asked to make.

Darrell Bricker

I'm proud of all I have achieved in this sport. It has been many years of sacrifice in which I have had tough moments. But those you forget, and the ones that remain are the ones that have filled you as a tennis player and as a human being.

Conchita Martinez

A boycott would send a clear message to Yahoo shareholders and other companies which cheerfully sacrifice human rights in return for a cut of the Chinese market.

Simon Davies

Ask me to play. I'll play.Ask me to shoot. I'll shoot.Ask me to pass. I'll pass.Ask me to steal, block out, sacrifice, lead, dominate.ANYTHING.But it's not what you ask of me.It's what I ask of myself.

Lebron James

We have never received this magnitude of funding for physical education or for athletics overall. It was a sacrifice, but it was a sacrifice in my opinion that worked very well because of all the things we gained by calling this wildcat strike.

Pedrito Estrill

Grudge no expense, yield to no opposition and forget fatigue till, by the strength of prayer and sacrifice, the spirit of love overcomes.

Maria W. Chapman

[The] article provides welcome guidelines for military psychologists and their patients. No patient should have to risk losing their career because they have sought needed medical attention. Those who sacrifice so much for our country should receive only the best in medical care, and this article goes a long way in outlining what 'the best' should be.

C. Dixon Osburn

It's easy to forget that happiness is like anything else worth having, whether that be a good relationship or good physical fitness. It usually involves struggle, sacrifice, even pain.

Darrin Mcmahon

It's just a terrible thing that they're going to come back from 18 months of sacrifice where they have risked their lives and have a disaster of this nature (and) don't have a home to come back to.

John Basilica

The events of 9/11 had a massive effect on me, like everyone, and I wanted to use my position as a filmmaker to contribute something so they are not casually forgotten. By honoring the families who lost those they loved, I hope we can ensure that their sacrifice is remembered and hopefully seek wisdom in the future.

Paul Greengrass

The Vietnam and Korean memorials make us feel the human effort, sacrifice and loss, ... Instead here, we will encounter acres of stark granite, water and an eternal flame.

Scott Feldman

It's very moving. For the first time a Brazilian is going into space. It's the fruit of many years' work and sacrifice.

Sergio Gaudenzi

You do not need to go to Iraq to know that we don't have a policy worthy of the sacrifice of our men and women in uniform.

Laura Capps

A man can be as great as he wants to be. If you believe in yourself and have the courage, the determination, the dedication, the competitive drive and if you are willing to sacrifice the little things in life and pay the price for the things that are worthwhile, it can be done.

Vince Lombardi

He was an absolute asset to the force, a great ambassador and sadly he has found himself making this ultimate sacrifice for us all.

Paul Kelly

We should all renew our faith in God because He has always been there for us at very difficult times of our nation's history. At a time like this, we should remember and practice the virtue of selflessness, love, sacrifice which the life, death and resurrection of Jesus exemplified.

Otunba Gbenga Daniel

Dedicate some of your life to others. Your dedication will not be a sacrifice. It will be an exhilarating experience because it is an intense effort applied toward a meaningful end.

Dr. Thomas Dooley

Don't sacrifice your political convictions for the convenience of the hour.

Edward M. Kennedy

March of the Penguins, ... the motion picture this summer that most passionately affirms traditional norms like monogamy, sacrifice and child rearing.

Michael Medved

It's one of those situations that's a balancing test. We have technology on one hand and aesthetics on the other. Everyone wants [cell phone] coverage. But where do you draw the line? At what point do we sacrifice aesthetics for progress?

Scott Grossberg

It's a bitter pill to swallow. It's like a grieving process. First, there's feelings of anger and denial, and eventually, some pilots may reach that point of acceptance that this is a necessary sacrifice.

Wade Blaufuss

I have already given two cousins to the war and I stand ready to sacrifice my wife's brother.

Artemus Ward

No fine work can be done without concentration and self-sacrifice and toil and doubt.

Max Beerbohm

A flower, when offered in the bud,/ is no vain sacrifice.

Isaac Watts

Thinking about how much they sacrifice amazes me.

Alexandra Mcgregor

In times like these, when the suffering of children is immeasurable, ... it is encouraging to meet so many people who are willing to sacrifice for the sake of one little child.

Dave Phillips

[But as the opposition had little to give up as it] holds neither power or position, ... offer that supreme sacrifice of giving up all that they believe is theirs to hold on to.

Gloria Arroyo

Dreams really do come true, if you are willing to work for them and sacrifice for them. You know, it beats the heck out of singing to oilcans.

James Rogers

He wants the 8,000 or so kids who will come through here to know that the cross represents sacrifice, and that sacrifices are still being made daily in Iraq.

Tony Morris

Is it a perfect project? Show me one that is. Is it expensive? You bet, but sometimes doing the right thing involves sacrifice.

Mayor Sebastian Giuliano

Prosperity or egalitarianism / you have to choose. I favor freedom / you never achieve real equality anyway: you simply sacrifice prosperity for an illusion.

Mario Vargas Llosa

That laughter costs too much which is purchased by the sacrifice of decency.

Quintilian

In this life we get only those things for which we hunt, for which we strive, and for which we are willing to sacrifice.

George Matthew Adams

Art, not unlike raising children, ... may entail much sacrifice and periods of despair, but, with luck, the effort will produce something that outlives you.

Michael Kimmelman

It's just something that honors them [law officers] for all they do. And that's why we're here today: to honor this young man who gave the supreme sacrifice.

Bill Cook

It's always an advantage to move quickly, but we're not going to sacrifice quality for speed.

Dwayne Nielson

When you join the firefighting family, this is what we do for you when you pay the ultimate sacrifice.

Anthony Correia

You must make the same sacrifice for your business as you would for a little baby. You save in advance, pull in your belt and sacrifice until the child is on his or her own.

Kate Wendleton

There is pain and sacrifice in everyone's world. That's why, when I was dancing, I had no pain.

Suzanne Farrell

I was just looking for a ball over the plate and get it into the air (for a sacrifice fly), ... The worst thing you can do is hit a ground ball.

John Olerud

He made a very good pitch to Linden. In other circumstances, it's a bat that's broken in half and a soft single to right field, but as a result of the sacrifice bunt that followed a walk, it was a game-winning hit.

Jim Tracy